Head of Housekeeping - Care Home

As a Head of Housekeeping at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create the warm and homely surroundings that are so important to delivering quality care and support. Leading a team of housekeeping staff, you'll ensure that every room and living space is maintained to the highest standards. The Head of Housekeeping role demands excellent attention to detail, and you'll be responsible for motivating your team to be at their best, helping to make the care home a shining example of high-quality care.

The Head of Housekeeping role involves leading a team of housekeeping staff to ensure that every room and living space in the care home is maintained to the highest standards. You ll need to have excellent attention to detail and the ability to motivate your team to deliver exceptional service. You ll also come into regular contact with other staff, residents, and their relatives, so good communication skills are important.

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care services. The company has a strong focus on creating a warm and welcoming environment for both residents and staff, and the Head of Housekeeping plays a key role in achieving this.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Head of Housekeeping at a Barchester care home, you ll help to create the warm and homely surroundings that are so important to delivering quality care and support. Leading a team of housekeeping staff, you ll ensure that every room and living space is maintained to the highest standards. The Head of Housekeeping role demands excellent attention to detail, but we ll also rely on you to motivate everyone in your team to be at their best.

Put simply, you ll help to make your care home a shining example of a high quality care environment.

ABOUT YOU
Experience of housekeeping in a care home, hospital or hotel environment will be very advantageous for the role of Head of Housekeeping. We ll also look for a proven ability to lead and inspire a team. A caring nature and good communication skills are important as you ll often come into contact with other members of staff, residents and their relatives.

REWARDS PACKAGE
In return for your dedication, you ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:
Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend  bonus scheme Employee of the Month  rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you d like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

• Experience of housekeeping in a care home, hospital, or hotel environment will be highly advantageous for this role. A proven ability to lead and inspire a team is also important, as is a caring nature and good communication skills.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.